| 基本 | jī běn | basic / fundamental / main / elementary |   |
| 初等 | chū děng | elementary (i.e. easy) | |
| 小学 | xiǎo xué | elementary school / primary school | |
| 国小 | guó xiǎo | elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学[guo2 min2 xiao3 xue2] | |
| 基础教育 | jī chǔ jiào yù | elementary education | |
| 浅析 | qiǎn xī | primary, elementary or coarse analysis | |
| 小三 | xiǎo sān | mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school | |
| 附小 | fù xiǎo | affiliated elementary school (abbr. for 附屬小學|附属小学[fu4 shu3 xiao3 xue2]) | |
| 初小 | chū xiǎo | lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学[chu1 ji2 xiao3 xue2]) | |
| 基本粒子 | jī běn lì zǐ | elementary particle (particle physics) | |
| 粒子束 | lì zǐ shù | beam of elementary particles | |
| 初等代数 | chū děng dài shù | elementary algebra | |
| 中等师范学校 | zhōng děng shī fàn xué xiào | secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers) | |
| 初级小学 | chū jí xiǎo xué | lower elementary school (abbr. to 初小[chu1 xiao3]) | |
| 希格斯 | Xī gé sī | Higgs (name) / Peter Higgs (1929-), British theoretical physicist, one proposer of the Higgs mechanism or Higgs boson to explain the mass of elementary particles | |
| 国民小学 | guó mín xiǎo xué | elementary school (Tw) | |
| 中小学 | zhōng xiǎo xué | middle and elementary school | |
| 小升初 | xiǎo shēng chū | progression from elementary school to junior high (abbr. for 小學生升入初中生|小学生升入初中生[xiao3 xue2 sheng1 sheng1 ru4 chu1 zhong1 sheng1]) | |
